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- A move has finally been made in the previously mentioned "Avengers" title situation. The 2018 film is keeping the "Infinity War" subtitle (and losing the "Part I") while the 2019 film is now simply listed as an "Untitled Avengers" film.

So, Marvel's The Inhumans property, which was taken off the film schedule not too long ago, is being developed into TV series instead.

But the first two episodes will be presented in IMAX theaters worldwide, for a 2-week run in September 2017.

I can't decide if I should include that on the list or not.

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I was thinking about this of late, did studios do this in the 90's, but the only reason we know about it now, is cause of the 'net?

Like, could a Blue Harvest ever happen again?

The placeholder thing? It's a more recent phenomenon. I mean, I've been tracking online movie news since I was a teenager in the late 90's, and I don't recall things like that until the last... I'd say 5 years.

I think for the most part it's just slapping a bunch of dates on the calendar and deciding what they'll be later on.

But the Blue Harvest thing... it actually happened to a couple lower budget films in the last year. That psuedo-sequel to Cloverfield and that recent Blair Witch sequel both had false names until fairly late in the game.

Disney will have the top 5 international releases when Rogue One is finished (though it bumps Doctor Strange from the top 10). Can they repeat such a feat? Here's 2017 according to HSX, the predicted first 4 weeks domestic totals:

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- While it hasn't yet been announced if it was removed or delayed, the July 2017 Live-Action Fairy Tale wasn't mentioned in Disney's annual slate preview. I'm taking it off the schedule, until further notice.

- I've also decided to add a new section for those odd projects that have begun filming, but whose dates remain TBD.

Several projects have had recent updates that indicate a plan to film this year.

- They recently hired Alex Timbers to film a young Cruella De Ville movie starring Emma Stone. (Supposedly a film in the same vein as "Maleficent") The studio was pretty hot on this project and wanted to get it going last year (which *might* account for the former July 2017 placeholder.)

- At last report, it sounded like the Adam Shankman-directed "Enchanted" sequel was eyeing a summer shoot.

- Tim Burton's take on "Dumbo" has begun the casting process, with Will Smith and Tom Hanks being among the first candidates to be named. Since it's said that it would conflict with Smith's schedule on the planned "Bad Boys" sequel, we can extrapolate that filming could be up for a start this spring.

While I'm holding out hope for an update in the near future, we might be waiting another month for the next schedule change if they save further announcements for D23 Expo.

So with little else going on, I thought I'd look at Moedred's post about box office predictions and see how some have turned out...

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Originally Posted by Moedred

Disney will have the top 5 international releases when Rogue One is finished (though it bumps Doctor Strange from the top 10). Can they repeat such a feat? Here's 2017 according to HSX, the predicted first 4 weeks domestic totals:

So far, the Disney ones seem to have been underestimated across the board.

- Beauty and the Beast was the most significantly different, with $441.01M by week 4. It presently sits at an amazing $502.92M.

- Guardians 2 was a little closer, $345.74M. Now in the middle of week 6, it's up to $367.19M.

- Pirates 5 will come closest to the mark, but still go over. As of day 18, it's up to $137.11M and could hit the predicted $140M mark by/around day 21. At this point, I'd predict a number around $146M-148M as its four week total. It will likely spend the rest of its run inching towards $160M.

Worldwide, these films currently make up three of 2017's Top Five.

- Beauty and the Beast is at $1,247,884,156 as the No. 1 film of the year so far. (Fun fact: It's already made more worldwide than any 2016 release.)

- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is at $834,365,422, making the number 3 film. (Fate of the Furious is number two. Childish pun intended.)

- And Pirates's stronger overseas sales have put it at No. 5 with $601,756,816 so far.

The Animation Panel revealed that the still-untitled DisneyToons film for April 2019 will be in the vein of the Cars/Planes films, but dealing with Space vehicles.

A new untitled Pixar project was unveiled, that places fantasy creatures in a human-free suburban world. (Think "Zootopia" with elves and trolls and unicorns.) The plot involves a pair of teen-aged elves who seek a spell to meet their deceased father. No date was specified.

The Tim Burton-directed live-action "Dumbo" has taken the March 2019 slot.

"The Nutcracker and the Four Realms" is taking over the Nov 2, 2018 release slot from Mulan.

Mulan is technically TBA now, but the schedule image they showed seemed to place it in late 2019.

Two films were talked about but not given dates: the soon-to-shoot live-action "Aladdin," and the Dwayne Johnson-starring "Jungle Cruise."

Latest Updates:
- See Above.

---The Standard Disclaimer:
Compiled from boxofficemojo.com, @ercboxoffice on twitter, and yet-to-be-contradicted press releases.
As the title says, these are the (north) North American dates. Not all dates will be the same abroad and not all films will necessarily be distributed by Disney in overseas territories.

If the Nutcracker cast and crew invite their families it could be the most successful Nutcracker film ever. Macaulay Culkin and Elle Fanning apparently didn't even bother. (Though if it's anything like The Little Matchgirl short it'll be good.)

- "Star Wars Episode IX" has been delayed to December 20, 2019.
- The live-action "Aladdin" will now take the May 24, 2019 slot from Star Wars. (The following two shifts remove the Dec 2019 fairy tale placeholder.)

- The Kenneth Branagh-directed YA-fantasy adaptation "Artemis Fowl" has been set for August 9th, 2019.

- And lastly, the November 8th, 2019 live-action fairy tale slot has been given to "Nicole" starring Ann Kendrick as Santa's daughter.

---The Standard Disclaimer:
Compiled from boxofficemojo.com, @ercboxoffice on twitter, and yet-to-be-contradicted press releases.
As the title says, these are the (north) North American dates. Not all dates will be the same abroad and not all films will necessarily be distributed by Disney in overseas territories.